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Nina Starr Braunwald, M.D., M.S., shown in this 1960 photo, was one of the first women to train as a general surgeon at New York's Bellevue Hospital. A pioneer in the field of heart surgery, she led the team that was the first to implant a prosthetic heart valve, which she also designed.
Eugene Braunwald, M.D.

Primary Sources of Women in Medicine and Science

Primary Sources in Mount Holyoke College's Archives and Special Collections:

• Virginia Apgar (1909-1974) - Physician and Anesthesiologist http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/mountholyoke/mshm192_main.html
  
• Rachel Fuller Brown (1898-1980) - Chemist
  http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/mountholyoke/mshm209_main.html
• Florence Brugger (1901-1988) - Psychiatric Social Worker http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/mountholyoke/mshm231_main.html
  
• Cornelia Maria Clapp (1849-1934) - Zoologist and Professor
  http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/mountholyoke/mshm018_main.html
  
• Mary Phylinda Dole (1862-1947) - Physician and Weaver
  http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/mountholyoke/mshm145_main.html
  
• Lelia Childs Edling (1895-1976) - Nurse and Medical Missionary http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/mountholyoke/mshm024_main.html
  
• Grace Warner Gray (1941-2001) - Biomedical Research Scientist http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/mountholyoke/mshm208_main.html
  
• Abby Howe Turner (1875-1957) - Physiologist and Professor
  http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/mountholyoke/mshm147_main.html

Primary Sources in the Five College Archives and Manuscript Collections:

• Click here view a Bibliography to Primary Resources compiled by the Five College Archivists: download Microsoft Word document
• To browse more archival collections held by the Five Colleges, please search the Five College Archives and Manuscript Collections union database at: http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/index.html .

Films, Books, and Articles

The National Library of Medicine exhibit website has a comprehensive listing of materials related to women in medicine. To browse their list of films, books, and articles, click here.

Lesson Plans

For lesson plans related to the exhibit, click here.